Marcus & Millichap, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Additional Information (Detail)

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Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock shares available for issuance	5,065,218
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense \| $	$ 28,285,000
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expenses recognition period	3 years 9 months 29 days
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Length of purchase intervals	6 months
ESPP discount rate	10.00%
Common stock reserved and available for issuance	366,667
Common stock shares available for issuance	204,473
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense \| $	$ 23,000
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expenses recognition period	1 month 13 days
Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Annual Available for Issuance Share Increase [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock available for future issuance authorized annual share increase	366,667
Common stock available for future issuance authorized annual percentage increase	1.00%

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Annual share increase in share reserve allowed under the 2013 Plan.

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- Definition

Percentage of available share increase in share reserve allowed under the 2013 Equity and 2013 ESPP plans, calculated as a percentage of outstanding shares.

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- Definition

Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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